A statue of Edward Cornwallis stands in a Halifax park on Thursday, June 23, 2011. The mayor of Halifax is speaking out against a plan circulating on social media to forcibly remove a statue of Edward Cornwallis from a downtown …

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will join French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte as guests of honor at France’s Bastille Day celebrations Friday, which includes a military parade along the Champs-Elysees.

Newly elected French president, Emmanuel Macron, conceives of his role as that of a master purveyor of narratives and signs. His recently unveiled official portrait is just the latest in a series of symbolic stagings, which started the very night …